David Gill, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Illinois 13th district, has been challenged off the ballot. He needs 10,754 valid signatures and he was found to have only 8,593. According to this story, he will soon file … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Commission on Presidential Debates’ 15% polling requirement is surprisingly arbitrary, when one actually reads it and thinks about it. Law Professor Derek Muller analyzes this here. … Continue reading
On July 20, an en banc panel of all 15 full-time Fifth Circuit judges issued an opinion in Veasey v State of Texas, 14-41127. Nine of the fifteen voted that the Texas law requiring certain kinds of government photo-ID law … Continue reading
On July 20, U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell refused to enjoin the new Arizona law that requires a very large number of write-ins in the primary of a small qualified party, in order for those candidates to be considered … Continue reading
On July 20, a lower Illinois state court ruled that the initiative to set up an independent redistricting commission to draws legislative district lines cannot be on the November 2016 ballot, even though it has enough signatures. She said the … Continue reading
Thomas Rudd is the Lake County, Illinois Coroner. He is trying to run for re-election this year as an independent candidate. No one argues that he lacks enough valid signatures, but he is not on the ballot because he first … Continue reading